Diagnosis and Treatment
Barış Otlu
The discovery of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR) and CRISPR-Associated System (Cas) have led to revolutionary advancements in almost every field of biology. The CRISPR-Cas system is part of an adaptive immune system in bacteria, and this system protects the organism from invading genetic elements of bacteriophages and (...) Read More
Pınar Aysert-Yıldız and others
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an aerobic, non-fermentative, Gram-negative bacterium widespread in aquatic environments and soil. It has an inherent ability to adhere to abiotic surfaces and forms biofilms. It is usually considered to be a commensal and a low-grade pathogen. However, it can cause severe infections in the immunocompromised and debilitated (...) Read More
Fatihan Pınarlık and others
Fascioliasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by liver flukes, Fasciola hepatica or Fasciola gigantica, and affects at least 2.4 million people worldwide, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates (1). Sheep and cattle are the natural definitive hosts of F. hepatica infection; therefore, fascioliasis is common in sheep-raising (...) Read More
Mustafa Deniz and others
Eosinophilic cellulitis (EC) is a rare inflammatory skin condition with fewer than 200 documented cases in the medical literature. There are only a limited number of case reports available from our country. The prevalence and incidence of EC are unknown. The disease is characterized by pruritic, non-purulent, erythematous plaques (...) Read More
Gülşah Tunçer and others
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is a global health problem that the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 296 million individuals diagnosed with CHB, and 820,000 died worldwide in 2019. In our country, as per the Türkiye Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control Program for 2018-2023, there have been 3.3 million patients with CHB infection in Türkiye. Read More
Tuba Kuruoğlu and others
Reprocessing a disposable medical device in which sterility deteriorates without contact with the blood and body fluids is called “reprocessing.” If it is ready for use by being processed again for the same or another patient, it is named reuse. The increasing number of blood-borne diseases led to the broader use of disposable instruments. Cardiac catheters, (...) Read More
Merve Arslan and others
Infective endocarditis is a clinical condition that affects the endocardial surface of the heart, involving natural or prosthetic heart valves and intracardiac devices. It is a high-cost and high-mortality infectious disease with an increasing incidence and is more frequently diagnosed with advancing diagnostic methods. Along with well-defined cardiac (previous endocarditis, presence of intracardiac prosthetic materials, (...) Read More
Handan Alay and others
A 78-year-old male patient with diagnoses of diabetes, hypertension, and gout presented with fever, night sweats, weight loss, and back pain for the past two months. On physical examination, he had a body temperature of 37.5°C and tenderness on palpation in the thoracolumbar region. His white blood cell (WBC) count was [...] Read More
Ali Mert and others
Pyomyositis is a primary infection of skeletal muscle that does not result from a contiguous disease, is hematogenous in origin, and often results in abscess formation. Although pyomyositis is classically an infection in tropical regions, it is an emerging infection in temperate climates. Pyomyositis is frequently caused by aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Read More
Abdurrahman Kaya and others
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis characterized by involvement in the skin, kidney, and gastrointestinal system. It is frequently seen in children, accounting for 90% of cases. HSP is less common in adults. Cutaneous involvement is the most common presentation, and in some cohorts, adult HSP is more severe and has worse [...] Read More
Mehmet Emirhan Işık and others
Infective endocarditis is the infection of the endocardial surfaces of the heart, including native valves, mural endocardium, or septal defects. Involvement of previously implanted prosthetic valves, intracardiac devices, or pacemakers are commonly predisposing risk factors for infective endocarditis. If left untreated, it is inevitably fatal due to complications such as congestive heart failure, stroke (...) Read More
Yusuf Ziya Demiroğlu and others
The hazards of sandfly viruses have been known for about 100 years. Sandfly fever viruses of the genus Phlebovirus in the Bunyaviridae family are endemic in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Northern African, and Western Asian countries. Sandfly viruses have been reported from Italy, Croatia, Spain, Cyprus, Iran, and Iraq. Read More
Hasan Selçuk Özger and others
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker frequently used in the diagnosis and prognosis of infection. The lack of optimum cut-off values and the high serum PCT levels in some non-infectious conditions restrict its clinical use. Therefore, PCT use is not recommended regardless of clinical parameters. This limitation in clinical use has led to PCT kinetic evaluations rather than predictions [...] Read More
Zeynep Bilgiç and others
The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in individuals with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has significantly increased their life expectancy. Nevertheless, an increase in the frequency of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in this population with advancing age is expected. Also, they are at greater […] Read More